I like both Dennis' idea of a work product/workshop with a deliverable and Jill's riff on it, making it competitive. Engage my brain in an active way, not just passively by sitting in session after session.

Jill Ross and Dennis Pearce nailed it. The one JW I attended seemed to be geared toward Prospective Jive clients, Devs and Beginner CMs. I think one part, of one session, was valuable for me. More advanced topics would be awesome. I do #CMGRHangouts quite often and I feel that a Q&A panel with a group of experienced CMs could be successful and extremely valuable.

Another thing I have found successful at other conferences is 1:1 with an expert. I've done it with resume reviews, career conversations, even at one rowing event. Basically you get to have a personal conversation with an expert about some problem you face to come up with some productive feedback and next steps. Maybe do it on Day 2 and have people sign up for time slots on Day 1.

Some way of connecting with people with similar interests / questions, platform, etc, etc. It's almost like a dating app which matches you up based on criteria The Android app in 2013 was okay, but it crashed a lot, and people on iOS seemed to experience the same problem.

Another useful thing would be to have a virtual billboard cut up into categories (like Developer) where you can post questions, suggest meet-ups, etc. Then people can browse the board, answer the questions/and or suggest a quick meet-up. If that was integrated into profiles with pictures then it'd make it far easier to find the people you want to connect with.

Along the lines of the suggestions above about a working group, how about a aligned to a specific topic like reporting? We've been struggling with having so many tools at our disposal (CMR, Resonata, Google Analytics, etc.) -- how is everyone doing executive reporting? What are you highlighting and tracking, where do you get the information, and how are you tying it back to your business objectives?

I'd love to see a breakout related to customizations. Let's compare what we've done (especially those preventing us from moving to Cloud) and discuss how could Jive build these into the core product.

How about new feature prioritization? We had the old ideation area where it never seemed good feature ideas ever got prioritized (at least from my perspective). I loved the code jam a couple years ago where the team knocked out the photo album, but let's see if we can come up with a more business-focused feature or two to knock out, and/or come up with a short list of must-have features that we customers are clamoring for.

Even talking about JW2016 is exciting. I was a brand new CM last year. I loved the Boot Camp. I got a great deal out of the panel Dennis put together on Corporate Comms and HR. I also learned a LOT from the rotating panel of experts who made presentations like "Speed Dating" where they presented a use case. Of note was Keeley Sorokti and Matt Laurenceau.

As a newbie last year, I would have liked to been paired with an experienced person, or introduced to another group of Newbies at the beginning of the conference.

For 2016, I would like to talk about measurement and also be able to learn about the different "Connectors" Jive has to Lync, Zendesk, etc. Thank you for asking.

Patty McEnaney - Thanks for the shout out. The roundtable panel format was great for me as well as I connected with so many people during that session that I then met up with throughout the conference. Many business cards were exchanged. I would definitely volunteer to be an experienced person who gets paired with a newbie. I know the first time I went to JiveWorld it was overwhelming and I found a few people who then introduced me to others.